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Mr Gatto said Mr Setka would be an excellent state secretary of the union, a position he is tipped for.

“He has been primed up for the top position and I think he is the ideal man for the job, someone like him should be running the country to be honest."

Mr Gatto also denied that his mediation business engaged in intimidation.

“There’s never been a threat of violence," he said.

“If people get intimidated by me I can’t help that. A lot of people think that I am quite a gentleman. I treat people the way they treat me, if you treat me with disrespect you will [get] the same. I was brought up that way."

Mr Gatto also claimed credit for negotiating Grocon’s recent enterprise bargaining agreement with the CFMEU and accused the company of breaching that deal.

“A few months ago I was the one who brokered the deal putting the enterprise bargaining agreement together," he said.

“We sat down and brokered that deal. They agreed to certain things and they [Grocon] have done a backflip, the union is not at fault."